[stumpstalker]

I know two cancer patients, one a woman in her late 70s, diagnosed nine years ago, and another, a man age 71, diagnosed 27 years ago, both of whom at the time of diagnosis were estimated by medical professionals to live less than a year.

The woman opted for the maximal chemotherapy right away; the man went the other direction with alternative treatments and prayer. The man still works full time as a building contractor, and is an active outdoorsman.

For a multiplicity of health reasons, many of us are at the age where more poignantly than ever we have to appreciate what we still can do and not pine for what we can do no longer.